New to AVG: do I need to amend firewall?

Finally uninstalled NAV yesterday (when it annoyed me one time too
many by telling me my subscription code from last renewal March 2005
was invalid). Installed AVG Free.

But I'm confused about the firewall and would appreciate some advice
please. I gather AVG has its own firewall, even though I have the XP
Home Firewall switched on? In the Help, I read that I am apparently
supposed to "Define Exceptions: Switch to the Exceptions tab with the
list of applications that are blocked to access to the Internet. You
need to allow access to Internet for all AVG Anti-Virus applications."

However, that seems to be written for XP *SP2* users, because the SP1
Firewall settings does not include provision for those exceptions.

Any help would be much appreciated please.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

 

AVG Free Edition does not include a firewall, just the antivirus protection. The "AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall Edition" does include the firewall but it is not free.

The Windows Firewall is not good enough. Personally I recommend ZoneAlarm Free, it uses very little resources and does a great job.

See this article on How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Thanks, appreciate the fast reply.

Could you amplify a little on XP's Firewall weaknesses versus ZA please?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

 

Thanks. Will study those.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

 

Good Luck!